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he's going to be john boehner, and i'm going to be leslie stahl. [laughter] and we're not acting this, we're reading -- >> i didn't volunteer for this. [laughter] >> you go first. >> well -- >> aren't you lucky? >> yes, okay. i'll try. >> this is serious. [laughter] >> i'll try. it starts, actually, in the interview a clip from obama saying when mr. boehner becomes speaker, he's going to have to govern. he can't stand on the sidelines and throw bombs. and so boehner: we have to govern, that's what we were elected to do. >> but governing means compromising. >> it means working together. >> it also means compromising. >> it means finding common ground. >> okay. doesn't that mean compromising? >> i am clear, i'm not going to compromise on my principles, nor am i going to compromise the will of the american people. [laughter] >> so you're saying i want common ground, but i'm not going to compromise? i don't understand that, i really don't. >> when you say the word "compromise," a lot of americans look up and go, uh-oh, they're going to sell me out. so
he's going to be john boehner, and i'm going to be leslie stahl. [laughter] and we're not acting this, we're reading -- >> i didn't volunteer for this. [laughter] >> you go first. >> well -- >> aren't you lucky? >> yes, okay. i'll try. >> this is serious. [laughter] >> i'll try. it starts, actually, in the interview a clip from obama saying when mr. boehner becomes speaker, he's going to have to govern. he can't stand on the sidelines and throw bombs....
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john boehner. [applause] >> once again let me say thank you all for your presence here in the capitol rotunda today. let me also thank secretary clinton and mrs. bush for joining us and thank my colleagues on both sides of the capital for their work in bringing us all together. mike collins sponsored the resolution, thank you. one leader in particular deserves recognition for his extraordinary devotion to this cause and that is my good friend senator mitch mcconnell. in a few moments we will present miss suu kyi with the congressional gold medal and what a moment will be for a woman whose name means strange collection of bright victories. a quarter of a century ago, ms. suu kyi invited her countrymen to fulfill her father's goal to make democracy the popular creek. today because of the sacrifice of she and her supporters that invitation still stands, a bright victory indeed and one that we will celebrate today. as we do we can look ahead with a renewed sense of purpose, we can present this metal no
john boehner. [applause] >> once again let me say thank you all for your presence here in the capitol rotunda today. let me also thank secretary clinton and mrs. bush for joining us and thank my colleagues on both sides of the capital for their work in bringing us all together. mike collins sponsored the resolution, thank you. one leader in particular deserves recognition for his extraordinary devotion to this cause and that is my good friend senator mitch mcconnell. in a few moments we...
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talk to john boehner and see what he would agree to. but there will be no logical appropriations process with respect to those issues in the lame duck. >> thanks. i was wondering who was among the first of the cabinet secretaries that will be asked to leave the administration? [laughter] >> i will defer to my democratic colleague. [laughter] i have some nominations. [laughter] >> i don't know what the plan is. usually in most administrations people kind of offer their resignation en masse and let the president figure out if there's any of them that they really gotta hang on to. my sense is a lot of the folks have already said they're leaving, so that probably will take place. but that's all i know. >> just to follow up on that, though, given the fiscal cliff and everything that's going on and the uncertainty, is there a need to provide some clarity at least on the treasury secretary appointment sooner rather than later? >> yes. yes. >> couldn't hurt. >> that's easy. [laughter] >> how soon though? >> tomorrow. [laughter] >> the markets a
talk to john boehner and see what he would agree to. but there will be no logical appropriations process with respect to those issues in the lame duck. >> thanks. i was wondering who was among the first of the cabinet secretaries that will be asked to leave the administration? [laughter] >> i will defer to my democratic colleague. [laughter] i have some nominations. [laughter] >> i don't know what the plan is. usually in most administrations people kind of offer their...
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. >> are you suggesting that nancy -- nancy pelosi and john boehner don't do that? [applause] >> they don't really socialize. one reason that joe might work together, i knew joe and i love him. i wouldn't do anything mean to joe. so that is a lot of it. the times have changed so much. in the senate, one of the problems as they got away from regular order. you send a bill to a committee. you have an oversight hearing, you have an amendment coming u-boat, you go to the full committee and the house and then you go to conference. but they wound up getting a transportation bill. it's a combination of things. modern technology, frankly it is a 24/7 news media. it is the fact that the members leave their families back home. you can't be a good legislator two and half days a week. you have to work at it. the combination of those things, it contributed to the partisanship and the gridlock that we have now. the answer is simple. it is called leadership. men and women of goodwill, conservative liberals, republicans, and the president -- they say it is an easy and we have to ge
. >> are you suggesting that nancy -- nancy pelosi and john boehner don't do that? [applause] >> they don't really socialize. one reason that joe might work together, i knew joe and i love him. i wouldn't do anything mean to joe. so that is a lot of it. the times have changed so much. in the senate, one of the problems as they got away from regular order. you send a bill to a committee. you have an oversight hearing, you have an amendment coming u-boat, you go to the full committee...
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john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican circles in the house. there are two people who are making a run for conference chairman. tom price, who's also a committee chairman of the past, he's currently the republican policy committee chairman, he's making a bid for conference chairman, and kathy mcmorris rogers who's vice chairman of the republican congress right now. and they really do represent two different modes. mcmorris rogers is a very effective surrogate for romney. she is from washington, she's from tom foley's old district in the, in central/south washington. it's an agricultural area. spokane is sort of the population center,
john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican...
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way that john boehner hasn't but it was in the house floor more than the freshman team party members the members of the republican study committee including longtime veterans like jim jordan of ohio and a number of others that pose a deeper challenge but with all of that a part of the problem was the natural tendency when you have a movement emerging and people that are energized to exploit it as much as you can and believe that once you have taken them past the finish line you can collect them, and i will change the metaphor if you cultivate a rottweiler and as years of devotee in the neighborhood that can be fabulous until you have to go outside and then it may not recognize who the master is, and i think it's been frustrated who africa is a religious leader and a problem solver that he can't control his troops and the as a part of what is going on here. what is also true, and you know this as well as anybody having interviewed and talked to candidates who become members the people coming in as freshmen in 2010 view themselves as different from the 1994 class. what's the difference
way that john boehner hasn't but it was in the house floor more than the freshman team party members the members of the republican study committee including longtime veterans like jim jordan of ohio and a number of others that pose a deeper challenge but with all of that a part of the problem was the natural tendency when you have a movement emerging and people that are energized to exploit it as much as you can and believe that once you have taken them past the finish line you can collect...
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john boehner will say what he wants. not going to raise taxes at the reagan building a few blocks from where you guys are broadcasting from comments that is not going to raise taxes. at the end of the day is a cluster at this point. our senate reporter been talking about this. republicans lost a great deal of leverage. john boehner, whose goal is to get to a point where tax reform could have been. how because there is unclear at this point, but republicans have lost the upper hand in an extraordinary leverage of capital tonight. >> thank you, jacob will hopefully put together a show or we can bring you in to see what's really going to happen on the fiscal cliff and what we can make the new democratic majority in the senate, republican majority. how the new members on both sides fit in. there's so much to interpret in the next 24 hours. no better place to go than "politico." he got 100 editors who break the stuff in the high and mighty what does this mean about the country in this moment to the nitty-gritty of what it mea
john boehner will say what he wants. not going to raise taxes at the reagan building a few blocks from where you guys are broadcasting from comments that is not going to raise taxes. at the end of the day is a cluster at this point. our senate reporter been talking about this. republicans lost a great deal of leverage. john boehner, whose goal is to get to a point where tax reform could have been. how because there is unclear at this point, but republicans have lost the upper hand in an...
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that means mitch mcconnell -- excuse me, that means john boehner falling on a grenade. now, you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your belt and bullpen on that grenade it makes it a little bit hard because you're not going to be unified leadership to support it but it will be a very interesting dynamic to what struck me the most about statements on election deep in a related vein was with barack obama said. extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit down with mitt romney kasea we can work together to find that common ground. now, my guess is that romney did not receive that statement with great enthusiasm and eagerness to keep us going to his own period of mourning, but having run a campaign in the last month that was built around the idea, i will find, grep, i can reach that common ground, obama called him inseparably need this, we about to go off the fiscal cliff, would you help me build support for this deal that will have the support of a business committee and a super majority in the senate and a bipartisan way? that wo
that means mitch mcconnell -- excuse me, that means john boehner falling on a grenade. now, you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your belt and bullpen on that grenade it makes it a little bit hard because you're not going to be unified leadership to support it but it will be a very interesting dynamic to what struck me the most about statements on election deep in a related vein was with barack obama said. extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit...
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why am i putting all this on poor john boehner? a congressman from ohio, from a working family himself. because it's within his power to call before the house of representatives a measure that passed the united states senate last july. we passed on a bipartisan vote a measure to protect all families making less than $250,000 a year from any income tax increase on december 31. sent it over to the house of representatives. in july, and speaker boehner has refused to call this measure that would protect working families, and as a result, if he does nothing, their tax bill will go up $2,200 next year. how do you explain that? it's not only unfair to those families who are working and struggling, it's really not a good thing for this country. all of us know the issue of income and equality, how many working families are falling further and further behind every single year debt ceiling -- every single year despite their best efforts, despite their hard work. we also know many families are looking ahead and wondering how in the world are
why am i putting all this on poor john boehner? a congressman from ohio, from a working family himself. because it's within his power to call before the house of representatives a measure that passed the united states senate last july. we passed on a bipartisan vote a measure to protect all families making less than $250,000 a year from any income tax increase on december 31. sent it over to the house of representatives. in july, and speaker boehner has refused to call this measure that would...
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boehner spoke wednesday evening and the fact that neither side is leaking anything about that call you can read any way you want. if you are an optimist you might say they are trying to get back on track, they know if they leak each other's conversations that is no good. but it is impossible to say. there are only two people participating in this negotiation and if they choose not to let the information out wisely, a lot of it is speculation. >> host: if there is the end goal, how quickly -- what is that end goal and how quickly could be brought to a vote in the house and senate? >> the goal as it has been consistently described which is to come up with this down payment of some kind of savings for revenues which would be enough to get us past the fiscal cliff, use automatic spending cuts to make sure taxes don't go up, at least on the great majority and then figure out what to do about the upper brackets, and if that is -- that would be a mechanism that would guarantee further action next year and as is very well possible they would disagree next year and there would be some sort of t
boehner spoke wednesday evening and the fact that neither side is leaking anything about that call you can read any way you want. if you are an optimist you might say they are trying to get back on track, they know if they leak each other's conversations that is no good. but it is impossible to say. there are only two people participating in this negotiation and if they choose not to let the information out wisely, a lot of it is speculation. >> host: if there is the end goal, how quickly...
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is allowed john boehner and mitch mcconnell to govern recently. it's about the republican governors passed out ushers at the red states for the 24 states republican governors, republican legislature. blue are the 13 of 40 state spending on how you count new york, 13 of 14 state that a democratic governor and a democratic house and senate. and there you see the red states are not raising taxes. they're cutting taxes in the red states and blue states are raising taxes rather than reforming government. so the fight we're having in washington where there's gridlock in the stage of the opposite of gridlock. for the last two years. "new york times" wrote an article about last week, it's been true for two-year -- >> about the legislators -- >> the legislative in the various states that you've got 24 states if the republicans get together they can turn the state into hong kong or texas. you have 13 maybe 14 states if the democrats because they could turn their state into greece or california. >> we are in washington and the wording goes back to 86, right?
is allowed john boehner and mitch mcconnell to govern recently. it's about the republican governors passed out ushers at the red states for the 24 states republican governors, republican legislature. blue are the 13 of 40 state spending on how you count new york, 13 of 14 state that a democratic governor and a democratic house and senate. and there you see the red states are not raising taxes. they're cutting taxes in the red states and blue states are raising taxes rather than reforming...
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that means john boehner falling on a grenade. you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your bull belly and pull the pin on that grenade it makes it a little bit harder because you're not going to have unified leadership to support this and it will be a very interesting dynamic. what struck me the most about election eve in a related vein was with barack obama said, extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit down with mitt romney to see how we can work together to find that common ground. my guess is that romney did not receive that statement with great enthusiasm and eagerness. he was going through his own period according but after running a campaign that was built around the idea, i will find a common ground and i can reach a common ground obama calls the minutes as says we really need this. we are about to go off the fiscal cliff. would you help me build support for this deal that will have the support of the business community and a supermajority in the senate in a bipartisan way. th
that means john boehner falling on a grenade. you can do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach under your bull belly and pull the pin on that grenade it makes it a little bit harder because you're not going to have unified leadership to support this and it will be a very interesting dynamic. what struck me the most about election eve in a related vein was with barack obama said, extraordinarily i thought. i want to sit down with mitt romney to see how we can work...
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first, i want to thank president obama, house speaker john boehner, house minority leader nancy pelosi, former top obama adviser larry summers and most of all, former president bill clinton for highlighting this very topic in the last couple of weeks. they have made this conference even more timely than it already was. firstly, i am confused why president clinton's comments about our topic just a few days ago were so wrong or why they were proved so controversial. the way i heard what he said he wasn't questioning if we should raise income taxes on the rich, but when we should raise income taxes on the rich. seems sensible to me. actually, there's a lot about the current debate on taxing the rich that confuses me. for example, who is rich? is a family that makes more than $250,000 rich, or only those that make at least a million dollars a year, as ms. pelosi has suggested rich. seems to be a point of some confusion among the democrats. and if you're rich, does that mean you should never again face an increase in your taxes? ever? that seems to be a point of confusion among the republic
first, i want to thank president obama, house speaker john boehner, house minority leader nancy pelosi, former top obama adviser larry summers and most of all, former president bill clinton for highlighting this very topic in the last couple of weeks. they have made this conference even more timely than it already was. firstly, i am confused why president clinton's comments about our topic just a few days ago were so wrong or why they were proved so controversial. the way i heard what he said...
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house speaker john boehner talked about it this morning on the floor of the house. >> my colleagues, in recent days americans of every faith and political persuasion has mobilized to an objection to a rule put forward by the obama administration that constitutes an unambiguous attack, it would require faith-based employers including catholic charities, schools, universities and hospitals to provide services they believe are immoral. those services include sterilization abortion, inducing drugs, and contraception. in imposing this requirement the federal government has drifted dangerously beyond its constitutional boundaries encroaching on religious freedom in a manner that affects millions of americans and harms some of our nation's most vital institutions. if the president does not reverse the department's attack on religious freedom, then the congress acting on behalf of the american people and the constitution that we're sworn to uphold and defend must. the house will approach this matter fairly and deliberately through regular order and an appropriate legislative channels because
house speaker john boehner talked about it this morning on the floor of the house. >> my colleagues, in recent days americans of every faith and political persuasion has mobilized to an objection to a rule put forward by the obama administration that constitutes an unambiguous attack, it would require faith-based employers including catholic charities, schools, universities and hospitals to provide services they believe are immoral. those services include sterilization abortion, inducing...
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and, you know, what i would like to tell john boehner is don't give in to this craziness. this is nothing but craziness. and i watched harry reid yesterday. you know, he talked and he talked and he really said nothing. then he went on about dance, dance, dance and i thought to myself all you do is dance around with these bills that they send. the house will have a bill, they send it to the senate and what does he do? dances around it and never addresses it. >> host: know by partisanship than for you? >> caller: no, absolutely none. then when he left the stage and was walking off, the man -- i feel bad for him that he just can't get it together -- he grabbed ahold of the flag. he was falling. then he grabbed ahold of low wall and at that point i said uh oh that man needs to go home. he's too old to be there. he doesn't do his job and is collecting a big paycheck. >> host: we covered that news conference. you probably watched it on c-span, go over to the site, c-span.org if you want to watch the entire press conference with senate majority leader harry reid. on facebook here
and, you know, what i would like to tell john boehner is don't give in to this craziness. this is nothing but craziness. and i watched harry reid yesterday. you know, he talked and he talked and he really said nothing. then he went on about dance, dance, dance and i thought to myself all you do is dance around with these bills that they send. the house will have a bill, they send it to the senate and what does he do? dances around it and never addresses it. >> host: know by partisanship...
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i think you're going to see john boehner. he's an adult and there's no question about that he knows what needs to be done. if necessary he will sacrifice being elected speaker of the next time around to do the right thing. he had the president can get together and the president will give on entitlements and taxes in the sense that the race will come down there will be enough left over from the so-called loopholes. then the senate is where it has to start. you will see lamar alexander or our corner and others come together in the framework. they can put the frame work together by you can't initiate it has to be initiated in the house that that will be the framework and again in this one of the you want to say kind of thing and then that can be where the folks can rally around. you have to set a framework in the lame-duck session. you can't go to the end of the year because a will start to smell but it takes time to get it right. you have to do corporate and personal taxes to get their. you can't do one without the other. it wi
i think you're going to see john boehner. he's an adult and there's no question about that he knows what needs to be done. if necessary he will sacrifice being elected speaker of the next time around to do the right thing. he had the president can get together and the president will give on entitlements and taxes in the sense that the race will come down there will be enough left over from the so-called loopholes. then the senate is where it has to start. you will see lamar alexander or our...
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you know, i'd love, you know, john boehner, but and john is a good guy. i sincerely like him, personally, but john, when asked about how from i said, i go, i reject the word. well, guess what? the american people are figuring out they reject the word. they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty start an observable, the different mood this state of being, not just the quality of the state of being at the different mood on the floor this time out. because i think it's become clear to every republican on the floor that the folks have figured out that they reject the notion of compromise. and i think the american public understands, we have never been able to move this country long without compromise. you can compromise and be true to your principles. they are not inconsistent. leader cantor, when it came up to the debt ceiling vote, called it in a minute because i was doing at negotiation with steny, and others know trying to deal with the debt ceiling. he said, and he was honest about it, he said this is a leverage moment. a leverage momen
you know, i'd love, you know, john boehner, but and john is a good guy. i sincerely like him, personally, but john, when asked about how from i said, i go, i reject the word. well, guess what? the american people are figuring out they reject the word. they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty start an observable, the different mood this state of being, not just the quality of the state of being at the different mood on the floor this time out. because i think it's become...
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president, john boehner, harry reid, and senator mcconnell -- you can't do in three and half weeks a half weeks what needs to be done. the next year is that moment of opportunity. and i think the work is being done and i think this will help get a result. >> when he does come back and say, i was disappointed when the president come after simpson-bowles, didn't really embrace it and i don't know that we would've adopted it, but it would have been the least possible. it is because the president has been reelected after a very tough campaign. the republicans have been upset by the results of the campaign and you have the raw personal material for this to work out to everyone's benefit. he is very much smart and very effective. >> inner has to get the votes. he calls for both it only gets a vote on his conference committee has problems of his own. .. >> maybe the world economy would collapse if we didn't deal with it, it was taken tonight house of representatives r and it was defeated, and they timely got it passed after they -- after the market tankedded, and then you had the same crowd
president, john boehner, harry reid, and senator mcconnell -- you can't do in three and half weeks a half weeks what needs to be done. the next year is that moment of opportunity. and i think the work is being done and i think this will help get a result. >> when he does come back and say, i was disappointed when the president come after simpson-bowles, didn't really embrace it and i don't know that we would've adopted it, but it would have been the least possible. it is because the...
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boehner of ohio, this week. they understand we have a july 1 deadline. they understand the urgency to take it up and move it to create and keep 2.8 million jobs in america. what was the response of speaker boehner? well, it was warm and welcoming. but the fact is, as of today, maybe tomorrow, the house is gone ta for a week. so in this critical period of time when we're up against a july 1 deadline, when millions of american john roberts are on the line -- when millions of american jobs are on the line, the house is leaving. and eric cantor said, it doesn't make any difference if we stay because we're not going to do anything significant. we're just going to politic and posture. how do you explain this to the families across america, workers who need a job at a time when the economy is tough, people living paycheck to paycheck, now have to i guess, accept this furlough that the majority leader has announced for the rest of the year. there's important work to be done here. it isn't just the transportation bill. t
boehner of ohio, this week. they understand we have a july 1 deadline. they understand the urgency to take it up and move it to create and keep 2.8 million jobs in america. what was the response of speaker boehner? well, it was warm and welcoming. but the fact is, as of today, maybe tomorrow, the house is gone ta for a week. so in this critical period of time when we're up against a july 1 deadline, when millions of american john roberts are on the line -- when millions of american jobs are on...
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one is, how was it to deal with john boehner? let's put that one flight out there. the other one is can you work in this very hostile partisan atmosphere that we read about on capitol hill? can you reach out to women on the other side to get a sound? to have friendships? to get together for dinner? but first to john boehner. >> in any event, i have a good reporter would speaker boehner when he was minority leader and i was speaker. it is not the personality thing. it's a policy thing. that is where we had our disagreement. if any one of our attendees today. you are right, dear leaders come as so many of them in what they do. the u.s. first woman editor of "time" magazine is very impressive. don't you think? [applause] run for congress, democratic or republican. they want me to do this. they said in a necklace was hitting the mic. guys don't have that problem. [laughter] they don't have a jewelry problem. say you wanted to run for congress. iran 25 years ago. you don't say about to run for congress so i can go there and be a street fighter. now, you say you are calli
one is, how was it to deal with john boehner? let's put that one flight out there. the other one is can you work in this very hostile partisan atmosphere that we read about on capitol hill? can you reach out to women on the other side to get a sound? to have friendships? to get together for dinner? but first to john boehner. >> in any event, i have a good reporter would speaker boehner when he was minority leader and i was speaker. it is not the personality thing. it's a policy thing....
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boehner. [applause] >> i'd like to introduce to you now another sword of the right to life movement, congressman chris smith from new jersey. [applause] >> cochair of the house pro-life caucus. chris smith. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> hello, let me thank you for being part of the greatest human rights movement on earth, the selfless struggle that by prayer, fasting and hard work, seeks to defend the weak and the vulnerable. as you know, under the extraordinary leadership under speaker boehner, whom you just heard, majority leader cantor, whip kevin mccarthy and jeff hersling who is our conference chairman, the has overwhelmingly h.r. 3 the no taxpayer funding of no abortion act and voted to completely repeal obamacare and to defund planned parenthood. [applause] >> that we must work hard to change the senate so these bills can go forward and reclaim the white house. [applause] >> tomorrow night, in his state of the union message, president obama will issue a call to, quote, return a
boehner. [applause] >> i'd like to introduce to you now another sword of the right to life movement, congressman chris smith from new jersey. [applause] >> cochair of the house pro-life caucus. chris smith. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> hello, let me thank you for being part of the greatest human rights movement on earth, the selfless struggle that by prayer, fasting and hard work, seeks to defend the weak and the vulnerable. as you know, under the extraordinary...
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we're willing to work, i say that to my friend john boehner and to everyone else. we're willing to negotiate, cooperate, willing to make difficult cuts to programs we hold dear, and i think republicans should do the same. so far they refused. they refused to raise even a penny of new revenue. they refused to ask millionaires to contribute their fair share to help reduce our debt and our deficit and democrats won't agree to a one-sided solution, forcing the middle class and those in greatest need to bear all the hardship. i repeat, we're willing to consider the difficult cuts on programs we believe are extremely important. a sequester is not a perfect legislative tool, but rarely do we do anything legislatively that's perfect. that's the way it's been for generations. but at least it has the benefit of being a balanced approach and it has the power of law. republicans, including vice presidential candidate paul ryan, would do well to remember they voted for the sequester. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: we
we're willing to work, i say that to my friend john boehner and to everyone else. we're willing to negotiate, cooperate, willing to make difficult cuts to programs we hold dear, and i think republicans should do the same. so far they refused. they refused to raise even a penny of new revenue. they refused to ask millionaires to contribute their fair share to help reduce our debt and our deficit and democrats won't agree to a one-sided solution, forcing the middle class and those in greatest...
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we are expecting about 20 minutes or so with the speaker of the house, john boehner, to come out and make remarks as we can see people just starting to arrive and we will have that hope life and about 20 minutes or so. earlier this morning on washington journal we spoke with house ways and means committee jim mcdermott talked about the spending issues on capitol hill and his bill to create a scholarship program for medical students. let's take a look. we want to check in with congressman jim mcdermott, democrats in washington and member of the house ways and means committee thanks for being with us on c-span. >> it's my pleasure. >> host: first and foremost, one of the stories that got our attention from "the new york times" this past week is a story from the association of mental, which is estimating that by 2015, the country will have 62,900 fewer doctors than are needed. that's just a couple years away. >> guest: yes, it is. a couple things. you've got retirement. obviously people get older and say i'm not going to practice medicine anymore. it's harder and harder for kids to go t
we are expecting about 20 minutes or so with the speaker of the house, john boehner, to come out and make remarks as we can see people just starting to arrive and we will have that hope life and about 20 minutes or so. earlier this morning on washington journal we spoke with house ways and means committee jim mcdermott talked about the spending issues on capitol hill and his bill to create a scholarship program for medical students. let's take a look. we want to check in with congressman jim...
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i sat down with john boehner on sunday on a bus going come in ohio, rural ohio. like to sit there and watch the road as you go over bonds and whatnot. he likes the fact a lot of sirens around. but he mentioned that he liked the traffic, if you will. he mentioned this to me. i said, you know, how much leadership can you exert? how much control can you exert over your own conference? and given the freshman. he said well, it's not the freshman who are the problem. if some of the older ministry he wouldn't come you specifically they were. i've really would have liked it if he did what he said it's the older members who are trying to make their own mark, trying to avoid own primary, trying to be perfect scores on some of these outside groups. and they are the problem because anti-leadership is good for them. and it's not necessarily good for the whole. so there's a fascinating battle that we will see now that mitt romney has lost. the activist clash and i have an entry in south carolina is going to scream at the establishment class for having dominated the guy who los
i sat down with john boehner on sunday on a bus going come in ohio, rural ohio. like to sit there and watch the road as you go over bonds and whatnot. he likes the fact a lot of sirens around. but he mentioned that he liked the traffic, if you will. he mentioned this to me. i said, you know, how much leadership can you exert? how much control can you exert over your own conference? and given the freshman. he said well, it's not the freshman who are the problem. if some of the older ministry he...
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one person has the power to do it -- speaker john boehner. if he calls the bill that passed the senate as he is being urged to by his own members of his own party, we can give a good holiday gift. if not a gift, at least a holiday reference to families all across america who are looking for some help, not only in this holiday season but beyond. madam president, i ask that my next statement be placed in a separate part in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: after a long debate, a lot of television commercials, robocalls and tons of political literature, the 2012 campaign is finally over. america breathes a sigh of political relief. but it was all said and done, more than 120 million americans participated. as we know, the american people have returned divided government to washington. we have a democratic senate with an increased majority, a democratic president, and a republican house of representatives. yet, by a margin of 3.4 million popular votes and 126 electoral votes, president obama was re-elected. now tha
one person has the power to do it -- speaker john boehner. if he calls the bill that passed the senate as he is being urged to by his own members of his own party, we can give a good holiday gift. if not a gift, at least a holiday reference to families all across america who are looking for some help, not only in this holiday season but beyond. madam president, i ask that my next statement be placed in a separate part in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: after a...
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. >> how speaker john boehner said right now, we are nowhere in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiation. as the president agree with that assessment? >> no, he doesn't. i think aesop secretary geithner over the weekend. another sunday shows. fairly clearly expressing the president's position to talk about the proposal that the president has pafford and express our belief that there has been progress in that we can achieve a bipartisan agreement. the obstacle remains, at this point, the refusal to acknowledge by republican leaders that there is no deal that achieve the kind of balance necessary without raising on the top 2% of americans, and we look forward to the presentation by republican leaders and their id ideas for spending cuts come as you know. as you know, secretary geithner has pafford a proposal that includes $600 billion in detailed spending cuts in health care and other entitlement programs, and that comes on top of over a trillion dollars in spending cuts as part of the budget control act. and it is contending with our proposals for how to achieve the kinds of revenue from
. >> how speaker john boehner said right now, we are nowhere in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiation. as the president agree with that assessment? >> no, he doesn't. i think aesop secretary geithner over the weekend. another sunday shows. fairly clearly expressing the president's position to talk about the proposal that the president has pafford and express our belief that there has been progress in that we can achieve a bipartisan agreement. the obstacle remains, at this point,...
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even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a letter signed by virtually every republican senator saying no thanks, grover wins again. no revenues. so, mr. president, this is about our country, about doing something about a debt. it will contribute about a trillion dollars to the debt. that's not bad. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. . mr. reid: here we go again. mr. mcconnell: i heard my good friend the majority leader say this is about the deficit. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this is not about the deficit or
even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a...
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also, later today john boehner, the speaker of the house has a news conference coming up. that will be a 5 p.m. eastern. we want to point out here on c-span2 coming up at 1:30 p.m., it will be the first news conference since the election for president obama. we'll have live coverage of that and take a phone call reaction as well. to austin, texas. now let's go to roseville -- i hope i got that right on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: hi. i would like to say that nancy pelosi means leader, is horrible. she was leader last time. what she says and what she does is two different things. she spoke about when barack obama got elected the first, the first time in 2008, this is all going to be a about jobs, jobs, jobs, and they didn't focus on jobs. they pushed through the health care bill, and then she gets up there all the time. she is nervous, she's family, she's bumbling. she's just going to do what she wants but she doesn't look out for the people. she doesn't care. she just doesn't goes and pushes along the agenda and then health care bill, you have to pass it to f
also, later today john boehner, the speaker of the house has a news conference coming up. that will be a 5 p.m. eastern. we want to point out here on c-span2 coming up at 1:30 p.m., it will be the first news conference since the election for president obama. we'll have live coverage of that and take a phone call reaction as well. to austin, texas. now let's go to roseville -- i hope i got that right on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: hi. i would like to say that nancy pelosi...
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and i think it's been frustrating for a john boehner who at root is a legislator and a problem solver that he can't control his troops. and that's a part of what's going on here. what's also true and, stu, you know this as well as anybody having interviewed is and talked to candidates who become members, the tea party coming in the as freshmen in 2010 viewed themselves as different from the 1994 class, the gingrich class. what's the difference? we share a lot of ideology, but they went washington. so if you think the 1994 gingrich republicans went washington and they compromised and you're not going to do that, that tells you something about where we are. a word or two on the occupy movement which i think, also, emerged from the same roots in a similar way, but it tells you a little bit of a difference, almost the tribal difference between the two parties. the tea party movement was leaderless, it emerged from the bottom up, but they organized. they found candidates. they moved through and into the political process as it was to have an impact, and they did. the occupy movement has oc
and i think it's been frustrating for a john boehner who at root is a legislator and a problem solver that he can't control his troops. and that's a part of what's going on here. what's also true and, stu, you know this as well as anybody having interviewed is and talked to candidates who become members, the tea party coming in the as freshmen in 2010 viewed themselves as different from the 1994 class, the gingrich class. what's the difference? we share a lot of ideology, but they went...
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boehner's republicans in the house. >> and us. >> the media. >> it's the story we go after. >> can i get some kind of friction going? >> i'm going to make a threat this is going to make sense i promise. you said they are running against the 60. when you said that and we got diverted, sorry -- i'm thinking of them bringing up contraception. >> rick santorum talking about woodstock. >> what was that all about? >> they lost and think the country went to hell. a lot of the issues, there should be a column called sex in the 60's rather than in the city because that's what they talk about. i don't mean all people talk about it but politicians particularly in states that the believe half a loaf catholics, a catholic voting is in that different, but they think they can find some -- >> is that you? [laughter] >> they still talk about those. >> but can it work and gain traction? >> i think they are committing suicide. spinet maureen dowd said people understand like sex. [laughter] >> you'll get mitt romney's campaign and he came out of the box strong. he was talking about his greatest strength
boehner's republicans in the house. >> and us. >> the media. >> it's the story we go after. >> can i get some kind of friction going? >> i'm going to make a threat this is going to make sense i promise. you said they are running against the 60. when you said that and we got diverted, sorry -- i'm thinking of them bringing up contraception. >> rick santorum talking about woodstock. >> what was that all about? >> they lost and think the country went...
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boehner anything that he doesn't know. i mean, which is that generally speaking the republican electorate is more homogeneous today than the democratic electorate. while still having different opinions, it's more homogeneous than the democratic caucus, and that's producing a kind of real ideological push that makes, that creates greater resistance, i think, to, you know, deals with the other side. when every republican got off on the no one raised their happened when asked if they would take a 10-1 spending cut to tax increase deal, it was a reflection, i think, of all this from the base up. >> just real quick, i haven't read the piece you're referring to, but the president had both houses of congress democrat for years, and he produced a bill that the public continues to reject, obamacare, and he had a democratic senate that voted against his bill in unison. so they haven't passed -- i'm sorry, the budget, they haven't passed the budget, in, you know, how many years? >> i think you asked him its effect? in ohio, in florid
boehner anything that he doesn't know. i mean, which is that generally speaking the republican electorate is more homogeneous today than the democratic electorate. while still having different opinions, it's more homogeneous than the democratic caucus, and that's producing a kind of real ideological push that makes, that creates greater resistance, i think, to, you know, deals with the other side. when every republican got off on the no one raised their happened when asked if they would take a...
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john boehner could not even pass a tax proposal that he suggests over there where he would keep the taxes the same for everybody except people making over a million dollars a year. no, grover and the boys said no, you can't do that. so he didn't even bring it up for a vote. so i am here, i'm happy to listen to anything the speaker and the republican leader have. they have a way of getting the president, they don't need my help, i'm happy to work with them any way i can, but the way things have been going, it's not a real good escape hatch they have. they are out of town now. they will be back for two days, 48 hours, so that's where we are. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i think all of us understand the gravity of the challenge we face. this so-called fiscal cliff has been subject to parity and comedy routines, but it's very serious. if congress fails to act enacting a measure to be signed by the president, the taxes will go up on every single income tax-paying american, every one of them. not just the wealthy but eve
john boehner could not even pass a tax proposal that he suggests over there where he would keep the taxes the same for everybody except people making over a million dollars a year. no, grover and the boys said no, you can't do that. so he didn't even bring it up for a vote. so i am here, i'm happy to listen to anything the speaker and the republican leader have. they have a way of getting the president, they don't need my help, i'm happy to work with them any way i can, but the way things have...
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[applause] >> so far as i a understand, john boehner won't meet with us. is there might still? yeah. i ask is it time now to start talking about this issue, is it time to start talking about what we can do to keep guns out of the hands of people responsible for tragedy's we're hearing about. >> my daughter was one of the three young people murdered march 30th, 2010 on capitol street, there were nine people shot with multiple weapons, i'm not going to dwell too much on the case because we're still on the proceedings right now, but the point is i'm here to support and will be here every time i needed to support because guns in the wrong hands isn't a pretty sight. my daughter was shot in the head with an ak-47, had blown wide open, and it's hard to even talk now because just listening to all the stories knowing what you're going through i definitely can relate to the young lady that just spoke saying her mother is deteriorating, her father died to bladder cancer but he had no fight after she was killed, couldn't get out of bed for six months and didn't have the will to live any l
[applause] >> so far as i a understand, john boehner won't meet with us. is there might still? yeah. i ask is it time now to start talking about this issue, is it time to start talking about what we can do to keep guns out of the hands of people responsible for tragedy's we're hearing about. >> my daughter was one of the three young people murdered march 30th, 2010 on capitol street, there were nine people shot with multiple weapons, i'm not going to dwell too much on the case...
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. >> representative schakowsky knorr speaker, john boehner of the house, had a guest from illinois representing marathon petroleum in his box with him regarding he was involved with the exfil pipeline. i just wanted to get your reaction to that. >> first of all, the president did say he believed in all of the above energy strategy. that yes, we should double down on clean energy. but he also talked about how we've expanded the use of oil over the last few years and reduce our reliance on the foreign oil. look, what he did was say that that for now is over, the pipeline is not going to happen now. i don't know if it will be revisited with a new round. but clearly the energy sources of the future or the new technologies that he mentioned that we should develop. sprigg jan schakowsky is a democrat from illinois and a member of the energy and commerce committee. we are live here in such a recall getting reaction from members to the president's state of the union speech. thank you, congresswoman very much. now joining us is glenn thompson, a member of congress from pennsylvania, republican from penn
. >> representative schakowsky knorr speaker, john boehner of the house, had a guest from illinois representing marathon petroleum in his box with him regarding he was involved with the exfil pipeline. i just wanted to get your reaction to that. >> first of all, the president did say he believed in all of the above energy strategy. that yes, we should double down on clean energy. but he also talked about how we've expanded the use of oil over the last few years and reduce our...
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boehner. so, mr. president, what i simply want to know, and i think what the american people want to know, is where do the president stand on social security. is he going to keep faith with the american people? does he continue to believe what he believed when he ran for president? is he going to say to the millions and millions of seniors out there who are struggling every single day to keep their heads above water that we are not going to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly and the children and the sick and the poor. that we're not going to continue to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires who are doing phenomenally well and cut social security as part of some grand bargain when, in fact, social security has not contributed a nickel to the deficit situation. now, mr. president, as you well know, in terms of social security, there's a lot of discussion here in the senate about moving toward a chained c.p.i. a chained c.p.i. now, nobody outside of this room understands wh
boehner. so, mr. president, what i simply want to know, and i think what the american people want to know, is where do the president stand on social security. is he going to keep faith with the american people? does he continue to believe what he believed when he ran for president? is he going to say to the millions and millions of seniors out there who are struggling every single day to keep their heads above water that we are not going to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly and the...
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john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than keeping the nation on a firm financial footing. it's obvious what's going on. he's waiting until january 3 to get reelected to speaker because he has so many people over there that won't follow what he wants. that's obvious from the debacle that took place last week. and it was a debacle. he made an offer to the president, the president came back, they're just a little bit apart, and he walked away there that and went to plan b. which all it did is whack people who need help the most. poor people. and he couldn't even pass that. remember, he's not letting the house of representatives vote, he's letting the republicans vote. it was so bad and he was in such difficult shape there he wouldn't even allow a vote to take place with his republicans because he knew he would lose. for months he's allowed house republicans to hold middle-class taxpayers hostage to protect the richest 2%. and the funny part about that, mr. president, the 2% don't want to be protected. the majority of rich people in this -- on our great country are wi
john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than keeping the nation on a firm financial footing. it's obvious what's going on. he's waiting until january 3 to get reelected to speaker because he has so many people over there that won't follow what he wants. that's obvious from the debacle that took place last week. and it was a debacle. he made an offer to the president, the president came back, they're just a little bit apart, and he walked away there that and went to plan b....
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john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an agreement that helps restore fiscal balance. that's a very important change. you can debate on what motivated that change, and of course it's true that approach has been a popular very substantial support among the american people. you have a much greater recognition that the economy would benefit on a carefully designed balanced agreement on fiscal reform and putting it off indefinitely is not good for the country. that's important, too. and i also think again if you listen carefully to what people are saying and what many politicians are saying with many elected represen
john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an...
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boehner, helped us to give plan trustees the tools to improve the situation. having said that, the disturbinr element of that crap is the red category at the bottom, which indicates that roughly, a quarts of plans earn some significant financial distress. ist this flows from a variety of cas causes. typically the cause is that the, employers, trucking companies,cm the supermarket owners, the construction contractors are in very difficult segments of our u economy. you talk to any electrical contractor, air conditioningctoc contractor or trucking company, able to give a very difficult times over the last five or six years.. so that manifests itself in lesl money coming into the business, fewer workers paying into the te fund. un second problem we can all see if her own 401(k) accounts or thrift accounts in the case of federal employees, that as as aarket values have tumbled, so has our retirement accounts.nve so the investments istn many ofe these funds have not kept paces with the needs of employees. t and in the third of surveye demographic tidal waveth that
boehner, helped us to give plan trustees the tools to improve the situation. having said that, the disturbinr element of that crap is the red category at the bottom, which indicates that roughly, a quarts of plans earn some significant financial distress. ist this flows from a variety of cas causes. typically the cause is that the, employers, trucking companies,cm the supermarket owners, the construction contractors are in very difficult segments of our u economy. you talk to any electrical...
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house speaker john boehner labeled saverin's move absolutely outrageous, said he would support legislation to stop healthy ex-pats from relocating. others have been quiet perhaps quelled by fears of being the next target. shouldn't loyalty to america and the broader responsibilities and duties of citizenship trump base nonessential financial interests? sadly, the answer to some on the extreme right is no. the "wall street journal" attacked the thrust of our proposed legislation as an example of the age of envy. well, it's not envy. i in fact am happy that those who invented and perfected and invested in facebook got rich. having an idea succeeding and maybe getting rich off this great idea is the american way. more power to them. however, what is not the american way is taking a free ride on all the exceptional aspects of american society. what is not the american way is deriving massive advantage from various publicly supported elements of that society and then skipping town when you hit the jackpot. yes, you're free to leave. you have a right to be selfish, even greedy, and renounce this
house speaker john boehner labeled saverin's move absolutely outrageous, said he would support legislation to stop healthy ex-pats from relocating. others have been quiet perhaps quelled by fears of being the next target. shouldn't loyalty to america and the broader responsibilities and duties of citizenship trump base nonessential financial interests? sadly, the answer to some on the extreme right is no. the "wall street journal" attacked the thrust of our proposed legislation as an...
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. >> representative schakowsky, your speaker john boehner, speaker of the house, had a guest from illinois, representing marathon petroleum in his box with him regarding that he was involved with the xl pipeline. i want to get your reaction to that. >> well, first of all the president did say he believed in all of the above energy strategy. that, yes, we should double down on clean energy but he also talked about how we have expanded the use of oil over the last few years and reduced our reliance on foreign oil. look, what he did was say that that, for now is over. that the xl pipeline is not going, is not going to happen now. i don't know if it will be revisited with a new route but, clearly the energy sources of the future are the new technologies that he mentioned that we should develop. >> jan schakowsky is a democrat from illinois and a member of the energy and commerce committee. we're live here in statuary hall getting reaction from members to the president's state of the union speech. thank you, congresswoman. thank you very much. and now joining us is glen thompson, a member of co
. >> representative schakowsky, your speaker john boehner, speaker of the house, had a guest from illinois, representing marathon petroleum in his box with him regarding that he was involved with the xl pipeline. i want to get your reaction to that. >> well, first of all the president did say he believed in all of the above energy strategy. that, yes, we should double down on clean energy but he also talked about how we have expanded the use of oil over the last few years and...
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the farmer has to say call john boehner because we don't know. the house failed to pass the major legislation. as harry reid said, same was true in postal reform. i called issa in december when we got an agreement from the postmaster general to put off the awesome changes that have to take place in the postal service until we had a chance to do our job, and issa had no interest in it at all. here we are. postal reform, bipartisan, passes the senate, fails in the house of representatives. to date, 30 # senate republicans said let us run the place, show you what happens. well, we've seen what happened under their effort. they've been unable even with the republican controlled house to pass the most basic legislation, postal reform, transportation, farm bill, and even when we gave them a bipartisan bill, it's an indication as majority leader said that if you're only goal is to embarrass and defeat the president, then you are going to ignore the speedometer in congress. that's what's happened time and again through republican leadership in the senate
the farmer has to say call john boehner because we don't know. the house failed to pass the major legislation. as harry reid said, same was true in postal reform. i called issa in december when we got an agreement from the postmaster general to put off the awesome changes that have to take place in the postal service until we had a chance to do our job, and issa had no interest in it at all. here we are. postal reform, bipartisan, passes the senate, fails in the house of representatives. to...
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leadership, kevin mccarthy, john boehner, they knew that it was a problem and they knew whether they would face a public we are not -- that as boehner said in a republican conference, it would be armageddon it economically speaking, -- if they failed to raise the debt ceiling. so it became a matter of great exertion on the part of kevin mccarthy, in particular, he had these listening sessions in which he would try to explain to the freshman republicans with the debt ceiling was. and what concessions, perhaps, they can expect from democrats in return for votings for raising the ceiling. this being the carrot along with the state. about two weeks before the august 2 deadline, the republican leadership was sufficiently concerned that a lot of the freshman as long as seniors were not getting the message that they brought in by former treasury official under the present bush administration. it was explained dispassionately what would happen, august 2, if failed to raise the debt ceiling. they took them through the narrative of -- all the federal prisons would be closed and peoples mortgag
leadership, kevin mccarthy, john boehner, they knew that it was a problem and they knew whether they would face a public we are not -- that as boehner said in a republican conference, it would be armageddon it economically speaking, -- if they failed to raise the debt ceiling. so it became a matter of great exertion on the part of kevin mccarthy, in particular, he had these listening sessions in which he would try to explain to the freshman republicans with the debt ceiling was. and what...
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even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a letter signed by virtually every republican senator saying no thanks, grover wins again. no revenues. so, mr. president, this is about our country, about doing something about a debt. it will contribute about a trillion dollars to the debt. that's not bad. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. . mr. reid: here we go again. mr. mcconnell: i heard my good friend the majority leader say this is about the deficit. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this is not about the deficit or
even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a...
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i only hope my friend, john boehner, is listening. the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday afternoon came to the floor and offered president obama's proposal on the fiscal cliff to show that neither he nor democrats in congress are acting in good faith in these negotiations. with just a few weeks to go before a potentially devastating and entirely avoidable blow to the economy, the president proposed a plan that members of his own party won't even vote for. so i think it's safe to say at this point that the president actually isn't interested in a balanced agreement, he's not particularly interested in avoiding the fiscal cliff, and he's clearly not inte
i only hope my friend, john boehner, is listening. the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday afternoon came to...
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at the white house at this hour we are told that house speaker john boehner is meeting with president obama. the discussion the so-called fiscal cliff. we had a chance to take a look at that a bit earlier today and talk with of reporter triet estimate the so-called fiscal cliff continues this morning with a dive into social security. here to talk about the program and how it is involved in these discussions, negotiations over america's financial future is stephen joining us from the associated press where he is a reporter. thank you for being here. how many people in america received social security and how much do they get? >> 56 million people get social security and the average benefit is a little over 12,000, a little over $1,200 a month. so maybe 13, $14,000 a year. >> we are talking about retirees come also the disabled. >> there are actually a fairly wide group of people that social security benefits, retired workers, espouses, children, disabled workers, widows it is actually a fairly big social safety net of people who get the social security benefits. >> you mentioned 56 mil
at the white house at this hour we are told that house speaker john boehner is meeting with president obama. the discussion the so-called fiscal cliff. we had a chance to take a look at that a bit earlier today and talk with of reporter triet estimate the so-called fiscal cliff continues this morning with a dive into social security. here to talk about the program and how it is involved in these discussions, negotiations over america's financial future is stephen joining us from the associated...
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boehner, house democratic leader nancy pelosi, senate majority leader harry reid and a republican mitch mcconnell. the first meeting since the election. they discussed what to do about expiring busheir tax reductions and across-the-board spending cuts set to hit in january called the fiscal cliff. they allowed cameras in the room before the talks. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership and thank them for their time. we have -- factors don't go on middle class families that our economy remains strong and we are creating jobs and and that's the agenda that democrats and republicans and independents all across the country share so our challenge is to make sure that we are able to capri together and work to find common ground, make compromises and build consensus. all of us agree on this they want to see us focused on that but not our politics here in washington. my hope is this is the beginning of a process where we are able to come to an agreement that will reduce our deficit in a balanced way that we will deal with some of these long term entitlements and we will also be focus
boehner, house democratic leader nancy pelosi, senate majority leader harry reid and a republican mitch mcconnell. the first meeting since the election. they discussed what to do about expiring busheir tax reductions and across-the-board spending cuts set to hit in january called the fiscal cliff. they allowed cameras in the room before the talks. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership and thank them for their time. we have -- factors don't go on middle class families that our...
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[inaudible conversations] [background sounds] >> house speaker john boehner endorsed mitt romney today to be the republican presidential nominee. he said mr. romney's economic policies would help the unemployed find jobs and offer a strong contrast to president obama. for more information on the presidential campaigns and candidates, up-to-date delegate count and more, visit c-span.org/campaign2012. >>> the senate in recess for weekly party lunches until 2:15 eastern. before the break the senate voted to move forward on changes to the u.s. postal service. they'll discuss closing post offices and facilities, eliminating saturday postal delivery and refunding billions of dollars of overpayment into the postal workers' retirement fund. we'll have live coverage when senators return. and you can find out information about senators and house members in c-span's 2012 congressional directory. it's available from c-span.org. learn about the supreme court and governors across the country as well as chambers, both chambers of the 112th congress. you'll also find lists and the makeup of committees
[inaudible conversations] [background sounds] >> house speaker john boehner endorsed mitt romney today to be the republican presidential nominee. he said mr. romney's economic policies would help the unemployed find jobs and offer a strong contrast to president obama. for more information on the presidential campaigns and candidates, up-to-date delegate count and more, visit c-span.org/campaign2012. >>> the senate in recess for weekly party lunches until 2:15 eastern. before the...
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john? is. >> speaker boehner yesterday talked about not increasing tax rates on small businesses, so if that framework could be accomplished, what kind of revenues could be raised within that framework from your point of view, and could you consider the limit on the value of deductions that the president's had in his budget -- >> okay. first, in terms of small businesses how do you define a small business, and that's, again, one of the sort of slippery slopes a little bit. do you define a multibillion dollar entertainment company, sports team or hedge fund as a small business because their structure happens to be a business structure? and so i think there's, i think everyone agrees that what we really mean when we say small business, what the typical voter envisions when we mean small business is the local dry cleaner, the manufacturer who has 50 people making widgets and stuff like that. nobody thinks they should have their taxes raised. if it's used as sort of code for saying other people
john? is. >> speaker boehner yesterday talked about not increasing tax rates on small businesses, so if that framework could be accomplished, what kind of revenues could be raised within that framework from your point of view, and could you consider the limit on the value of deductions that the president's had in his budget -- >> okay. first, in terms of small businesses how do you define a small business, and that's, again, one of the sort of slippery slopes a little bit. do you...
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, leader cantor, minority whip john call and myself. it lists no fewer than four good-faith bipartisan proposals to resolve the issue. all of which are based on offsets the president has proposed himself in the past. let me say that again. we have recommended to the president four offsets that he himself has proposed in the past to achieve what we all want to achieve which is a one-year extension of the current student loan interest rates. we sent this letter to the president five days ago. yet we now learn in spite of the fact they have a proposal recommending that we on a bipartisan basis accept offsets that they have previously recommended, we now learn the vice president plans to have a group of college presidents over to the white house today to, -- quote -- "reassert the call for congress to stop the student loans from doubling." congress is acting. we've given the administration four offsets they previously have proposed, we're waiting for a response, so we can solve this problem. why doesn't the vice president simply pick up the
, leader cantor, minority whip john call and myself. it lists no fewer than four good-faith bipartisan proposals to resolve the issue. all of which are based on offsets the president has proposed himself in the past. let me say that again. we have recommended to the president four offsets that he himself has proposed in the past to achieve what we all want to achieve which is a one-year extension of the current student loan interest rates. we sent this letter to the president five days ago. yet...